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Yaşar Yakış

Diplomat · Politician

Yaşar Yakış is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Yaşar Yakış · Яшар Якыш · يشار ياكش · یاشار یاکیش				[sources]
Alias	Yasar Yakis · يشار ياكش				[sources]
Weak alias	Yakış				[sources]
Birth date	1938-08-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Akçakoca				[sources]
Death date	2024-06-26				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Türkiye				[sources]
Country	Türkiye				[sources]
Citizenship	Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yaşar				[sources]
Last name	Yakış				[sources]
Political association	Justice and Development Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q75063				[sources]
Position	Grand National Assembly (member, 2002-2007) · Grand National Assembly (member, 2007-2011) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002-2003) · ambassador of Turkey to Saudi Arabia (1988-1992) · member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (-2011) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Ankara University (-1962)				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-02-14	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Turkish diplomat (1938–2024)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-12

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Grand National Assembly	2007-07-23	-
member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey	2002-11-03

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,351

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata326,573

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,033

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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